顛沛流離

Chinese

		destitute; difficulty; hardship destitute; difficulty; hardship; trouble	to wander about homeless; to live as a refugee
trad. (顛沛流離)		顛沛	流離
simp. (颠沛流离)		颠沛	流离

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diānpèiliúlí

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢ ㄆㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din¹ pui³ lau⁴ lei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diānpèiliúlí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢ ㄆㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dianpèilióulí
    • Wade–Giles: tien¹-pʻei⁴-liu²-li²
    • Yale: dyān-pèi-lyóu-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dianpeyliouli
    • Palladius: дяньпэйлюли (djanʹpɛjljuli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ pʰeɪ̯⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din¹ pui³ lau⁴ lei⁴
    • Yale: dīn pui làuh lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din¹ pui³ lau⁴ lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: din¹ pui³ leo⁴ léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn⁵⁵ pʰuːi̯³³ lɐu̯²¹ lei̯²¹/

Idiom

顛沛流離

1. to wander about in a desperate plight; to be destitute and homeless

   她從此過上了顛沛流離的生活。 [MSC, trad.]
   她从此过上了颠沛流离的生活。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā cóng cǐ guò shàng le diānpèiliúlí de shēnghuó. [Pinyin]

   From now on she'll lead the life of a vagrant.